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Knobby gives up veto in return for consensus on new president
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Heavy loss of life reported in fresh Lanka violence	0 [1740]
Police radio thefts sparks APEC fears	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1749]
Spanish & French police arrest ETA bomb maker	0 [1748]
Beslan - 3 yrs ago today	6 00:00 BA [1772]
Khadra Iraqi Police Station disbanded	1 00:00 Herman Snith5873 [1741]
60 Tallibunnies Terminated	6 00:00 SteveS [1742]
AP Says August Deadliest Month for Iraqis Since Surge	10 00:00 KBK [1772]
Suspect in killing of Thai marines shot dead	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1738]
Muslims Battle Buddhists in Thailand's Troubled South	1 00:00 Zhang Fei [1738]
Good morning	5 00:00 lotp [1771]
Toronto police re-open highways, detonate 3 bombs	17 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1761]
US: Egyptian students charged with carrying explosives	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1744]
Lebanese helicopters step up raids in Nahr el-Bared	0 [1741]
Indian police search madrassas	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1752]
Three Bangladeshis released	0 [1746]
Release of two Britons including Rashid Rauf ordered	0 [1744]
Eleven Afghans die in attacks on NATO forces	0 [1743]
2 security men killed in Swat	0 [1745]
100 soldiers still 'stranded' in Mehsudstan	1 00:00 Throper Ghibelline9098 [1744]
Iraq VP announces 50 prisoner-per-day amnesty for Ramadan	3 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
ElBaradei warns of 'last chance' for Iran	3 00:00 trailing wife [1764]
Iran changes Revolutionary Guards commander	2 00:00 Frank G [1737]
Anti-RNC protestors already jumping ugly in the Twin Cities	7 00:00 Free Radical [1740]
Swiss to deport lawbreakers & families	7 00:00 Excalibur [1755]
Brit General Blasts American Policy	11 00:00 Zenster [1734]
Bhutto to decide fate of talks with Musharraf	0 [1748]
Abuse widespread in Jordans prisons: HRW	2 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Skeptical Moroccans look hopefully to Islamists	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1755]
Update: Appeals court says need for sonar in Navy drills outweighs threat	12 00:00 Zenster [1773]
Franjieh : Siniora, Hamadeh are plotting to kill Hezbollah chief	3 00:00 gorb [1742]
Amnesia Intl: Jailed Brotherhood leader in poor health	7 00:00 lotp [1763]
Knobby gives up veto in return for consensus on new president	0 [1775]
Lebanon orders investigation of video game on murdering PM	0 [1729]
British officials deny their troops have failed in Iraq	4 00:00 Frozen Al [1741]
Russia fumes at claim it flamed tension with Syria	0 [1733]
Feuding Iraqis meet for secret peace seminar in Finland	0 [1735]
Thousands defy Hamas in Gaza prayer	1 00:00 gromgoru [1739]
Lal Masjid opening demanded	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1733]
Lawmakers Describe Being Slimed in the Green Zone	13 00:00 Redneck Jim [1740]
Any chatter re: Hashemite-Paleo confederation is humbug - King	1 00:00 McZoid [1737]
Lockerbie bomber's family leaves Scotland home	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
S.Korea denies ransom payment to Taliban captors	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1743]
Turkey's Chief of Staff denies reports of tension between army, President	0 [1741]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Bob to Extradite Mann to EG for Oil	0 [1744]
Zimbabwe Nears End - Beer in Short Supply	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1757]
Zimbugabe freezes wages, rents, service fees	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
DaimlerChrysler and BMW very cross with Chinese	13 00:00 Seafarious [1766]
Changing Libya marks 38 years of Kadhafi rule	0 [1734]
China to Withdraw Support for Mugabe Regime	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
India cant afford to miss nuclear bus: Singh	0 [1741]
Laura Bush presses UN over Burma	0 [1733]
Warner Decides Not to Seek Sixth Term	4 00:00 Phinater Thraviger [1754]
White House Press Secretary Snow Resigns	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
Chavez plans FARC rebel talks over hostages	0 [1734]
Greece: Firefighters bring all fires under control	1 00:00 trailing wife [1753]
Craig to resign Saturday	8 00:00 Ebbeting the Anonymous9645 [1741]
Opp will block BB's bid for power through 'backdoor': Qazi	2 00:00 tu3031 [1751]
President in uniform needed for political stability: Aziz	0 [1747]
Last-ditch efforts to clinch deal with Benazir, block Sharifs' return	0 [1744]
Page 4: Opinion
Kim du Toit volunteers to replace Tony Snow	4 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [1770]
Nancy Speaks!	5 00:00 Flainter Dingle2391 [1764]
How to train teens to kill for Islam	2 00:00 Zenster [1740]
Transformation of Turkey	0 [1755]
Bush's war support rising?	1 00:00 McZoid [1733]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Radical Muslims warn against "erotic" jumping	5 00:00 Zenster [1742]
Viet Nam Theme Park	2 00:00 Vince Foster [1741]
Chinese laundry? Too easy! It's the lime-green bungalow on Shelbourne Av.	0 [1745]

    
                23:55 Flainter Dingle2391

                        23:51 Zenster

                        23:42 Zenster

                        23:32 Seafarious

                        23:23 BA

                        23:21 Bright Pebbles

                        23:13 KBK

                        23:06 Frank G

                        22:21 Whinemp Black1880

                        22:01 Gary and the Samoyeds

                        21:49 Excalibur

                        21:42 DMFD

                        21:19 Old Patriot

                        21:06 Remoteman

                        20:43 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        20:31 trailing wife

                        20:25 lotp

                        20:12 lotp

                        20:06 twobyfour

                        19:59 Frank G

                        19:46 Natural Law

                        19:35 Skunky Glins5285

                        19:32 Phinater Thraviger

                        19:29 Phinater Thraviger

Who's in the News
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5	Taliban
4	Iraqi Insurgency
2	al-Qaeda
2	Global Jihad
2	Hezbollah
2	Thai Insurgency
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1	Govt of Syria
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	TNSM
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	HUJI
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2007-09-01
Knobby gives up veto in return for consensus on new president

Fri 2007-08-31
Liverlips plans to form a puppet government in Lebanon

Thu 2007-08-30
Mullah Brother is no more

Wed 2007-08-29
Shiite Shootout Shuts Shrine

Tue 2007-08-28
Gul Elected Turkey's President

Mon 2007-08-27
12 Taliban fighters killed along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Sun 2007-08-26
Two AQI big turbans nabbed

Sat 2007-08-25
Hyderabad under attack: 3 explosions, 2 defused bombs, 34 dead

Fri 2007-08-24
Pak supremes: Nawaz can return

Thu 2007-08-23
Izzat Ibrahim to throw in towel

Wed 2007-08-22
Aksa Martyrs: We'll no longer honor agreements with Israel

Tue 2007-08-21
'Saddam's daughter won't be deported'

Mon 2007-08-20
Baitullah sez S. Wazoo deal is off, Gov't claims accord is intact

Sun 2007-08-19
Taliban say hostage talks fail

Sat 2007-08-18
"Take us to Tehran!" : Turkish passenger plane hijacked

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